The provocative title of the new album by the feted mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková reflects a remarkable dramaturgic idea: that which connects the life of modern...continue...
Recording information: Studio of Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava (2014-09-02_2014-09-04&2014-)....continue...

After their Janácek quartets and their award-winning Dvorák (Gramophone Award 2011 "Recording of the Year"), the Pavel Haas Quartet have now put all their energy...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague (2014-11-29_2014-11-30&2014-)....continue...

"... he sat down in an armchair, pored over for the last time the score of the mourning music he himself had composed for his...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Church, Znojmo (10/10/2014-10/12/2014)....continue...

Over 20,000 discs sold, more than 220 concerts at home and abroad (including in France and China), two extensive tours... Those are just a few...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague (06/16/2014-06/17/2014)....continue...

In the wake of highly acclaimed recording of Janácek's symphonic works (Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba, etc., SU 4131; Orchestral Choice, Gramophone, August 2013), Tomá Netopil and...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum in the Studio of the Czec (03/27/2014-03/28/2014); Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum in the Studio of the Czec (08/31/2013-09/03/2013)....continue...

The Old Testament Book of Lamentations has been subjected to a number of settings since the Middle Ages; that of Jan Dismas Zelenka occupies a...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Virgin Mary under the Chain, Prague (2014-05-21&2014-05-22&2014-)....continue...

Jan Novák's oeuvre has not received the attention it undoubtedly deserves. The composer himself considered "crucial and epochal" for his work the six months he...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague (2013-02-??&2013-03-??&2013-)....continue...

This Jitka Hosprová homage honors Paul Hindemith (1895-1963); a composer and virtuoso violist who wrote all his viola works within twenty years or so and...continue...
Recording information: Prague (2014)....continue...

Veronika Böhmová immediately enchants you with her sheer vivacity - both when you meet her face to face and when seeing her playing the piano....continue...
Recording information: Martinu Hall, Academy of Music, Prague, Czech Republic (2013-09-14_2013-09-15&2013-)....continue...

The prompting of Astor Piazzolla's teacher Nadia Boulanger, "Astor, you must find your music", gave rise to a new genre, Tango Nuevo - a colorful...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Prague Conservatoire (02/25/2012-02/26/2012)....continue...

Expedition Audio RecommendedIt's a fascinating album that I have enjoyed many times, even before discovering the interesting music history lessons it includes. It all boils...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague (2013-11-08_2012-11-10&2013-)....continue...

Jana Vonaskova, a member of the Smetana Trio for many years, partners here with the eminent Latvian pianist Irina Kondratenko for this nearly all-Brahms recital....continue...
Recording information: Martínek Studio, Prague (09/2013/10/2013)....continue...

Digitally remastered historical recordings; a unique listen. Jarmila Novotna appeared to great acclaim on the most prestigious operas stages worldwide, accompanied by the greatest artists...continue...
Recording information: 1930-1956....continue...

On this CD Pavel Sporcl plays the compositions of the most significant Czech violin virtuosi of the period between Paganini and Oistrach. These outstanding representatives...continue...
Recording information: Sound Studio HAMU, Prague (2013-05-04_2013-05-06&2013-)....continue...

Following the success of their 2011 Gramophone Recording of the Year album, Pavel Hass Quartet presents Schubert's two paramount mature works rightly ranked among the...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague (2013-04-27_2013-04-28&2013-)....continue...

Benjamin Britten's music formed one of the pillars of the Czech Philharmonic's concert programs under its chief conductor Karel Ancerl. The Czech premiere of the...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Horn-playing has a long tradition in Bohemia, ranging from the 18th century (J. V. Stich-Punto) to the Tylar brothers and Radek Baborak. And Premysl Vojta...continue...
Recording information: Kleiner Sendesaal, Berlin, Germany (11/2012/01/2013)....continue...

Janacek did not write a great quantity of symphonic works. Besides the Lachian Dances and an outline of the symphony Danube, they merely number the...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague (2012-06-22_2012-06-24&2012-)....continue...

Still only 26, the violinist Josef Spacek has already covered an enormous amount of ground. After completing his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague (12/2012)....continue...

Not only violinists are eternally grateful to Antonio Vivaldi for the sheer abundance of concert works he bequeathed. The instrument he wrote for with the...continue...
Recording information: Knights Hall, Pardubice Chateau (06/25/2011-06/26/2011)....continue...

How many timbres shades and characters can a melodic instrument express? The repertoire for solo oboe is sparse, yet oboists can boast of a true...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

American Record Guide, September/October 2013Veverka's interpretations are thoughtful, fresh, inspired, and unpretentious. The Telemann Fantasias are a collection of Baroque solo sonatas, q...continue...
Recording information: St. Francis of Assisi Church, Convent of St. Agnes of B (2012-09-04&2012-09-06_2012-)....continue...

To mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Kalabis, one of the most distinguished 20th-century Czech composers, Supraphon is releasing this special selection...continue...
Recording information: Prague....continue...

Just as France had its Louis XIV, so Germany had Frederick II (1712-1786), whose passionate love of music (to the great annoyance of his father,...continue...
Recording information: St. Francis of Assisi Church, Convent of St. Agnes of B (12/10/2011/12/12/2011)....continue...